Summary:
This book is designed to meet the needs of any student of Russian, from the complete beginner through to the intermediate and advanced, who wants a quick and easy-to-use reference grammar, with exercises and answers.

The grammar is presented in easily accessible double-page-spread units, with grammar explanations on the left-hand page and exercises to practise and check understanding on the facing right-hand page. The reader can either dip in and out of the short sections for quick reference or work through the book for comprehensive and systematic coverage of the main grammar points.

A key at the end of the book gives the answers to all the practice questions in the body of the text. A 'Taking it Further' section gives websites and information on where to find a wide variety of different kinds of texts and materials available in Russian and how to find out more about Russian culture.

• unique approach and page design makes the book very easy to use
• exercises check and reinforce learning of grammar on opposite page
• suitable for all levels
• can be used a a quick dip-in grammar check or worked through for a comprehensive coverage of the main grammar points

Table of Contents:
01 the Cyrillic alphabet
02 stress and spelling rules
03 gender of nouns
04 nominative singular
05 nominative plural
06 nominative plural irregular
07 accusative singular
08 accusative plural
09 accusative plural irregular
10 genitive singular
11 genitive plural
12 genitive plural irregular
13 dative singular
14 dative plural
15 instrumental singular
16 instrumental plural
17 prepositional singular
18 prepositional plual
19 nouns: six-case summary
20 the mst common kind of adjective - unstressed
21 stressed adjectives and soft adjectives
22 possessive adjectives
23 more on possessives
24 accusative singular (animate and inanimate)
25 accusative plural (animate and inanimate)
26 genitive singular
27 genitive plural
28 dative singular
29 dative plural
30 instrumental singular
31 instrumental plural
32 prepositional singular
33 prepositional plural
34 long and short forms
35 long form comparative
36 short form comparative
37 constructions with the comparative
38 superlative
39 adverbs
40 adverbs: comparative and superlative
41 cardinal numbers (1)
42 cardinal numbers (2)
43 cardinal numbers (3)
44 ordinal numerals
45 telling the time
46 dates
47 prices, ages, weights and measurements
48 personal pronouns (1)
49 personal pronouns (2)
50 possessive pronouns
51 interrogative pronouns
52 demonstrative pronouns
53 determinative pronouns
54 reflexive pronouns
55 relative pronouns (1)
56 relative pronouns (2)
57 indefinite pronouns
58 regular present tense (1)
59 regular present tense (2)
60 present tense: consonant change
61 irregular present tense (1)
62 irregular present tense (2)
63 Verb endings: 'to be' and 'to have'
64 reflexive verbs: present tense
65 aspects: imperfective and perfective infinitives
66 future tense (1) compound future
67 future tense (2) simple future
68 past tense (1): imperfective
69 past tense (2): perfective
70 verbs of motion
71 prefixed verbs of motion
72 conditions (1): open
73 conditions (2): closed
74 the imperative
75 negatives (1)
76 negatives (2)
77 possibility, impossibility, necessity and infinitive
78 indirect statement and question
79 indirect commands, advice and wishes
80 purpose
81 impersonal constructions
82 conjunctions
83 prepositions: place and direction (1)
84 prepositions: place and direction (2)
85 prepositions: place and direction (3)
86 time - seconds to days
87 time - weeks, months, years
88 time - miscellaneous
89 miscellaneous prepositions
90 verbs followed by prepositions
91 taking it further
92 key to exercises
93 glossary of grammatical terms

About the Author(s):
Teacher of Russian to school pupils and adult students for more than twenty years, Daphne West is the author of six publications on the Russian language. Formerly Head of Modern Languages and a Chief Examiner at A-level, she is now Headmistress of the Maynard School in Exeter (where she still teaches Russian); in 1993 she was awarded the Pushkin Medal by the Pushkin Institute, Moscow, for contributions to the teaching of Russian.

Readership:
Anyone learning Russain